Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 06:55:03 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> To: Anish Mistry <mistry.7@osu.edu> Cc: probsdorg@yahoo.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FBSD 4 series Message-ID: <20060629065503.25a07e4d.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> In-Reply-To: <200606282338.01102.mistry.7@osu.edu> References: <20060629012612.77051.qmail@web52404.mail.yahoo.com> <200606282338.01102.mistry.7@osu.edu>
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Anish Mistry <mistry.7@osu.edu> wrote: > On Wednesday 28 June 2006 21:26, probsd org wrote: > > Everything I need is in FreeBSD 4-STABLE so I see no reason to > > switch to FBSD 5* > > > > I realize no further advancements are being made in the 4 branch, > > but my question is for how long will I be SAFE using FBSD 4* and > > when is the targeted date to stop offering security updates that > > affect 4*? > http://security.freebsd.org/ > > You should be transitioning to 6.x now/soon. ??? 4.11 will be supported for another 18 months. I have servers that are scheduled for hardware retirement before then -- I'm not upgrading them. Why should I? They're doing their job perfectly well. You should review the the security support information and make sure that you plan to upgrade/replace before anything becomes unsupported. -- Bill Moran Not as deceiving as a low down dirty... deceiver. Jayne Cobb
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